Profitable Preseason Coaches

byJohn Ewing

NFL coaches view the preseason differently. Some want to win in order to establish a winning culture. Others don’t care, seeing the preseason as an extension of practice. So which coaches are the best to bet in the preseason and which should you avoid?

Most Profitable

Gary Kubiak is the most profitable coach in our database. The veteran head coach only had one losing preseason in his nine years with the Houston Texans and his winning ways continued in his first season with the Denver Broncos going 3-1 (+1.81 units).

Coach

Record

Units

Gary Kubiak

22-12

+8.93

Pete Carroll

15-8

+5.88

John Harbaugh

19-13

+5.38

Mike Zimmer

7-2

+4.98

Bruce Arians

10-5

+4.66

Least Profitable

Hopefully you have avoided betting America’s Team during the preseason, at least while Jason Garrett has been at the helm. The ‘Boys have gone 7-14 in Garrett’s five seasons in Dallas losing 7.07 units. There are three other coaches that have been worse than Garrett but they have all been fired. Ominous.

Coach

Record

Units

Andy Reid

22-26

-4.77

Bill Belichick

20-24

-5.19

John Fox

21-26

-6.11

Jeff Fisher

19-25

-6.71

Jason Garett

7-14

-7.07

Bettors are keenly aware of each coaches betting history. Denver opened as a 1.5 point underdog in Chicago for the team’s first preseason game. The line is now a pick’em with 96% of the bets on the Broncos to cover. Jason Garrett’s Cowboys are 3.5 point underdogs in Los Angeles. A ridiculous 99% of the money is on the Rams.

When you start to handicap preseason games be sure to consider a coaches betting record.

Here are the best and worst coaches at covering the spread in the preseason.